Ethical Social Media Use for Attorneys

Social media has changed the way the people interact with each other. While easing communications, social media has also caused many ethical quagmires for attorneys. Attorneys cannot avoid using social media to find additional evidence about cases, track down hard to find parties or witnesses, or obtain impeachment information.

In this program, taught by Christina Vassiliou Harvey, a partner with Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland, LLC, you will learn about the types of social media and how to ethically use them in your practice. The course will also discuss how attorneys may ethically use social media for marketing purposes, and how to avoid ethical pitfalls when using social media.

Learning Objections:

1. Understand the different types of social media and how to use them
2. Explore how to build a case using social media
3. Discuss ethically using social media for marketing purposes
4. Identify best practices for interacting with clients, judges, and the public through social media

This course originally appeared as a part of our September 2017 Bridge the Gap Event.